she is such a sweet, sweet lady. it is hard to understand how anybody could take advantage of her this way, but last week, she was forced to drive here to this bank of america and withdraw thousands of dollars in cash under threat of being shot. >> i hope they get caught today. i just hope they get caught. >> reporter: this 84-year-old woman was robbed of her life savings after a local woman said she needed help cashing a bank. were you scared? >> i'm still scared. yes, ma'am. i keep looking around, thinking that they are watching me and that they will follow me home. >> reporter: there is a sur veil learns video of a woman they say was behind the robbery scheme t happened last thursday at noon. the victim was here at murray steaks in tacoma park when the robber scad victim to cash a check this roche wasn't alone. she had another woman with her

and three small children, two toddlers and an infant and she said the kid hadn't eaten in days. >> that is the only thing that stopped me to help children, see that they got something to eat. >> reporter: the victim agreed to drive the robber to the bank of america on new hampshire avenue a mile and a half away. the children stayed behind with the other woman. once in the car, the robber changed her story. >> she told the victim that she had a gun and threatened to shoot the victim if the victim did not withdraw several thousand dollars. >> reporter: once inside the bank, surveillance video shows the robber stood next to the victim at the term window, appearing to orchestrate the transaction. when the 84-year-old woman gets the cash, you see the robber shoving her out of the bank door. police say the robber forced the victim to drive her back to murry's steaks she got out, walked away with all the cash. >> well, i don't know where they are now. but i'm sure -- i'm sure somebody else is getting the same thing done to them right at

this moment somewhere. >> reporter: so, take a look again at this surveillance photo. police want to know if anybody recognize the woman in this surveillance photo to go ahead and give them a call, let them know who this woman is, she wasn't to get this person locked up before another elderly person is victimized. as you can hear from that interview, this victim is very shaken up. we are going to have more of her interview on news4 at 6:00, plus reaction from the community and murry steaks as well. live from langley parks darcy spencer, news4. back to you. >> thank you. two people have been arrested tonight for an armed robbery at a louden county hotel. police tell us they were working as part of a gang. officers say 21-year-old caesar piscante and a 15-year-old suspect walked into the lobby of the fairfield inn in dulles on new year's each one pulled out a gun and demanded money from a

hotel worker. he is also charged with assaulting a mcdonald answer ploy yeah week later. the teen's name was not leased. snowstorms continue to pound the pacific northwest today, eight states slammed by several inches of snow with the areas and the mountains seeing several feet. seattle is seeing its largest snowfall in decades. this storm is causing flight delays, shutdown roads and schools are canceled. back here at home, we don't have snow, a stiff wind out there today, veronica johnson is up there in storm center four. veronica? >> stiff wind. didn't help cold today it has turned progressively colder, we were at 58 degrees, upper 50s at midnight and all through the day, our temperatures have been thawing. look at the wind we were talking about see it swaying back and forth, our numbers, 28-mile-an-hour gusts still hanging on in packs river. the windchill, 28 degrees.

wind chills for the evening, late evening, will be in the 20s. very cold night for us work head to 31. told you about that snow in seattle, washington that snow will be headed eastbound. for us, could mean some worries for the weekend, maybe impacting some of the area roads but at least for tomorrow it is going to be feeling a little bit better, talk about the high temperatures coming up in a couple of minutes. jim? >> veronica, thank you. rescue operations are starting to turn into recovery operations in italy tonight after that cruise ship disaster. crews were forced to stop their efforts today after the ship moved slightly, making it unsafe to continue the search for survivors. 11 people were killed when the ship ran aground. at least 20 people are still missing. the ship's captain has been placed under house arrest now.

prosecuto prosecutors are accusing him of abandoningship. the captain's lawyer says he never fled the scene after accident. today, another guilty plea in connection with the corruption charges against former d.c. council member harry thomas jr. james gar vin, who manages a local golf course, he admitted that he helped thomas steal federal grant money, money supposed to go to d.c. youth program. chris gord certain here with details on that. chris? >> reporter: prosecutors call it a public corruption scheme. today's guilt taye plea, they say, shows that those who commit corruption as well as those who allow it, will be held accountable for their actions. less than two weeks ago, former d.c. council member harry thomas jr. pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds and filing a false tax return. thomas admitted to misappropriating for his own use grant money for youth activities. thomas used the money for personal expenses, buying an expensive motorcycle and suv. today, james garvin became the is second loaders of a nonprofit

organization to plead guilty in connection with the misuse of federal money that was diverted to team thomas and hlt development, organizations controlled by harry thomas jr. garvin was the general manager of langston golf course and was on the board of langston and the 21st century foundation, a nonprofit organization that operated youth programs here. the charge against james garvin is misprison of a felony, con sealing the theft of federal grant money n 2008, langston 21 received $392,000 for youth programs and most of that money, $306,000, went to thomas. on january 13th, marshall banks, the founder around director of langston 21 and a howard university professor, pled guilty to the same charge. garvin has pledged to cooperate with investigators. he had no comment as he left the federal courthouse in washington. his lawyer indicates garvin wants to speak when it's

appropriate. >> once we get past where we are right now, we will have a lot to say about that and i think it will be very illuminating. >> reporter: dorothy brazil is an activist who monitors d.c. government activities, she is worried about the impact? having on youngsters. >> what are we saying to young people when, you know, we tell them to stay in school, tell them not to like tell them not to steal and the people, their coaches, the people they are supposed to look up to do that very thing. >> reporter: james garvin will be sentence npdmakers faces up to three years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. garvin, bank and harry thomas jr. together have agreed to reimburse the $392,000 for youth programs in the district that was misappropriated in this case. jim? >> chris gordon, chris, thank you. large rocks thrown at cars, bricks smashing through windows, that's what several montgomery county residents say keeps happening in their neighborhood.

news4's melissa melee has more from several victims who tell us this apparent prank could have very dangerous consequences. >> reporter: sound seemed to come out of no where. >> all of a sudden, i hear this big thud, i wasn't really sure what it was. >> reporter: it was a brick slamming into the driver's side door of brett peterson's suv. in the past few florngts have been a dozen such incidents here in montgomery village, someone throwing bricks and rocks at cars and houses, smashing windows, costing residents thousands of dollars three. houses were recently hit here on dell crest. >> you kind of expect kids to do things like throw water balloons or snowballs or something benign like that but a rock or a brick is kind of a whole different ball game. >> reporter: peterson says he was heading up in the village last may in his brand-new pathfinder when his car was hit with a bring the suspect, he says, a teenager, actually hiding between two parked cars. >> i noticed about an apple-sized dent a pretty hefty scratch. >> reporter: just down the road,

jenny was inside her house saturday when someone threw this brick at her sliding glass door. >> we heard a pop, like a balloon popping and then you hear the crackle of the glass shattering the. >> reporter: for her family, this wasn't the first time. in november, these rocks came flewing through. >> the first time i thought my mom had broke an glass or something. >> reporter: after that, a car with a mother and son inside heading down warfield road was hit by a brick. another victim struck driving along east village avenue and a townhouse along louis bury as the owner was sitting in his living room. nearby, three parked cars were also damaged. all of the incidents that have been reported happened within a mile of one another. police say that likely means the suspect lives in the very neighborhood he has been vandalizin vandalizing. >> if somebody witnesses this or is a victim, they can get the best description they can and let us know a timely fashion so we can respond while the offender is still in the area. >> reporter: their best advice,

if you see something, say something. in montgomery village, maryland, melissa melee, news4. some people are still feeling the aftereffects of the big earthquake that rattled our area last summer. there was another aftershock at 8:00 this morning centered five miles southwest of mineral, virginia, a magnitude of 2.5 t is the 82nd aftershock since that 5.8 quake hit on august 23rd. higher taxes for higher earners that's part of maryland governor martin o'malley's proposed budget for 2013678 the governor is trying to close a $1 billion shortfall. he is proposing that individuals who make more than $100,000 and couples who make more than 150,000 have you personal exemptions eliminated, along with fewer deductions. >> lack of respect for those that we are asking more of, of the unpopular choices that all of us wish we did not have to make, this is the fairest way to

go about this. >> the budget proposal coulden tapes a controversial shift in funding for teachers' pensions. counties will now share in the burden within the state. the proposed changes are expected to raise $310 million. still ahead, the unintended consequence of that highly publicized jerry sandusky sex abuse case. up next, a local jurisdiction says they have seen evidence that some good has come out of that terrible crime. plus a virtual protest picking up steam. why websites say a right internet users take for granted is now in jeopardy. for basketball great to

reports of child sex abuse have skyrocketed in fairfax county recently. police believe the publicity of the penn state scandal may have something to do with it. news4's erika gonzalez is in the newsroom with the numbers for us. erika? >> good evening, jim. the fairfax county police department child abuse squad says it has definitely felt the impact of the penn state scandal. child sex abuse reports to their office have doubled. there have been 39 cases of

child sexual abuse in fairfax county this december alone, more than twice as many the same month in 2010. since news of the former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky's alleged sexual abuse of minors surfaced past november there has been an increase in child sex sake because cases. >> that causes people to reflect on their own lives and own situations. >> reporter: today, detectives and social services employees fielded questions from the public on the topic. dozens logged on and asked anything from what if i was abused as a child but i am an adult now to can i report child abuse and stay anonymous? the office for women and domestic and sexual violence services says, quite, in 93% of cases of child sex abuse, the abuser is someone the child knows. police say after seeing the

sandusky scandal play out, more people have got the courage to pell police of their own stories of abuse. >> people will call and they will refer back to that sometimes and they will say, you know, this happened there and here's my situation. do i have a case? >> reporter: there is no statute of limitations for prosecution in virginia on child sex abuse. in other words, no matter how long it's been, you can always report abuse. we are live in the newsroom, back to you in the studio. >> all right, erika gonzalez. thank you. water and sewer fees could be going up in maryland. wssc proposing a 7.5% increase for prince georges and montgomery counties. using you 210 gallons of water a day about 5 a month. the increase necessary to cover higher operating costs, a portion of the rate increase would also go toward raises for wssc employees. well, as the day gets later, the mercury drops a little further. >> keeps going down and down and down. >> upper 30s now.

>> upper 30s, still a bit of windchill there, upper 50s. we have been going down in a hurry. some cold air the next couple of days but still no signs of any snow. my middle schooler watches the morning news and he is always hoping for snow and every time he sees stories about snow in seattle, places like that, why can't that be us? because we are having a bad winter if you have snow. 37 degrees, the current temperature. still windy out there, 15 miles per hour, factor in that wind with the temperature, makes it feel colder and right now, 28 degrees, current factor, look at these windchill reading, 20 in hagerstown, maryland, feels like 29 in culpepper, virginia, 22 in winchester, 31, the feel-like factor, current wind chill rating in annapolis, maryland. by 9, 11:00, head down to below

freezing, that means windchill values, wind left around, be headed on down into the low to middle 20s, those wind chill readings. now, by tomorrow morning, very light wind, i think it will be 5 to 8 miles per hour, so, not much wind. that's good because temperatures throughout the area, low to upper 20s. it is going to be a very cold night and cold start to the day tomorrow t will be cold enough, in fact, by the time we get to thursday night for a little bit of snow flurries. that's it that is going to come from this system here, international falls to minneapolis, minnesota, not a strong system at all, going to track very quickly off to the east and that is the thing. next two weeks, we are going to see a very active pattern, with systems coming through every two days or some the one out in the pacific northwest, seattle getting that snow, could get another two to four inch that will arrive here this weekend a cold, breezy evening for us, feel better by day tomorrow, your sky increasing clouds, with those flurries coming our way, right there you can see them. just before midnight and i think

after sunset. so, flurry possibilities for us late tomorrow. then on friday, took a little bit of sunshine, early in the day clouds back late in the day you can see some of that moisture just down to the south and west what is running this way for early saturday. cold enough to start with a little bit of light snow and maybe freezing rain mix for saturday. there is your evening, 32 to 38 with a northwest wind at 5 to 15 miles per hour. clear and cold to start the day tomorrow, 23 to 278 degrees. and then tomorrow, a few flurries late but at 42 to 46 degrees, yeah, that's going to be a bit chilly for us, but still seasonal for the area, the average high, 43 degrees, behind that system, 37 for friday, the weekend, mid-40s, best chance of rain comes on saturday but again, the rain starting early on saturday, freezing rain, areas could be looking at light snow mix. i don't think is going to be a big deal, but could be problematic for a few counties

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a large, happy crowd lined up outside a new pizza shop on k street. the first 50 people at in line at fuel pizza getting free food for a year. >> oh! >> it had its official grand opening today the chain doubts itself as a new york style pizza rhea. new yorkers say, no it's not. this is fuel pizza's first location in the district. the company plans to open another shop near the verizon center in the coming weeks. >> a year, huh? news4 reporter tom sherwood has a new honor to add to history if i case. today, he accepted an award as one of the washingtonian magazine's washingtonians of the year, introduced by jim vance who gave ac co-lads. what vance called a dark secret in sherwood's life. ful >> he is a good dude, all right? nobody is perfect v a dark side.

i ain't scared of him. here is the dark side of tom sherwood. he tweets. he is too old to tweet. >> yeah's tweeting machine, all right. sherwood was one of eight recipients of the award this year. the 40th year the magazine has given it out. congrats, tom. the district's only public university is getting a new student center. the university of the district of columbia broke ground today on the $40 million facility this afternoon. the city funded $35 million for the project. a student fee will pay for the remaining 5 million. the student center is just one piece of a major renovation project for the van nuys campus in northwest. coming up, an unusual crime spree. >> you, me, look at this and see, an old grease dumpster. people look at it and see an atm. i'm pat collins.

the story coming up. news4. a virtual blackout, some of the web's most popular sites shutdown. and bouncing your baby to a better

fast forward through the headlines now. prince georges county police are looking for a woman who force and 84-year-old woman to

withdraw thousands of dollars from her bank account last week. police tell us the suspect approached the victim and said she needed help cashing a check. the victim agreed to help out and was robbed. rescue operations for a sinking cruise ship in italy are on hold today after ship moved slightly, making town safe. meanwhile, the captain of the ship has been placed under house arrest. prosecutors are expected to charge francesco schettino with manslaughter and abandoning ship. the second loaders of a from profit organization entered a guilty plea in the federal corruption case involving former d.c. councilman harry thomas jr. james garvin is the former board member for the nonprofit group, langston 21 and general manager of langston golf course. garvin pleaded guilty to receiving tens of thousands in city grant funds then transferred them to thomas who used them to fund his lavish lifestyle. now let's fast forward to the weather. veronica? >> thanks, jim a cold night for us, tonight is likely tonight sixth coldest night of their

young year, 37 degrees now, still windy, the windchill reading at 78 now. take a look throughout the area, some of the readings headed down to 19 and 20 degrees, very yep nah, burke, arlington, greenbelt and adelphi, 23 degrees tomorrow morning. here is your 7-day forecas4-day. mid-40s for the weekend. you have gone online, you probably noticed wikipedia, other major websites are partially or completely shutdown as part of a move to protest two pieces of anti-piracy legislation in congress. joining us with more is nbc's kevin tibbles in chicago. could you tell us why -- what

were these two pieces of legislation do and why are they so unpopular? >> reporter: well what they would do is essentially help the industries involved try to stamp out counterfeiting and piracy. we have got to start talking about how big the scope of piracy, been around since the beginning of time. counterfeiting everywhere, just exploded with the advent of the internet. everyone seems to know how to download movies and tv shows and music and books, people are counterfeiting everything from jeans to sneakers to purses and then they are putting these ware out on the internet and you can download them or you can get ahold of them very easily and it's very easily to skirt the launch the bottom line, it is an illegal practice that costs us some $250 billion a year. so in congress, trying to get a handle to combat. this the problem they are running up against, a number of the websites, what have you, wikipedia, shut its site down today for 24 hours in protest of

this. google, if you go onto google today, you can see a big black sort of crepe soreship bar across the famous google nameplate and the point they are trying to make is, one, they don't want to have to be the policeman to keep these foreign websites out, if there's going to be some sort of ruling that google or these other websites have to block these other -- these foreign -- these foreign encounters from getting in here, not sure they want to be the ones to have to do it they also don't know if they have got the manpower to do it and perhaps the legislation is far too broad. then start bringing up the word of censorship what they are talking about the one hand, we have multibillion dollar entertainment and movie industries and manufacturing saying something has to be done about the privacy. the other hand saying the website, wait a minute, we provide these things, we certainly don't have to be the policemen here. this it is obvious through this protest many in congress have started to hear maybe we should just slow down a little bit

because we have heard a lot of people today saying they are going to step back and maybe take another look at. this but obviously, it is a huge problem that has to be addressed. >> i understand even the president has said that he would veto it but is there a better -- can they make this work so both sides would be happy? >> wick immediate yark the founder of wikipedia told me he is all for stamping out piracy but wants to do it in a way that does not smack of censorship. i don't know how they are going to be able to get their heads around that but some sort of compromise has to be made down the middle, comp prom smiles what they do up there every day? >> yes. yes. well, yeah. well, hopefully. all right, kevin tibbles, thank you so much. and you can see kevin's full report on this web-wide shutdown coming up on nightly news with brian williams. some call it liquid gold. police in prince georges county are looking for thieves who they say are stealing used cooking oil. it is a crime that can be a big financial loss for more than

just restaurants. news4's pat come as soon as live for must landover with more on this story. hi, pat. >> reporter: jim, first it was copper then the steal wheels, now it's grease. old grease. french fries. fried fish. but eventually that cooking oil gets old and sort of grungy and, well, you know what they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure? well in some circles that old, grungy cooking oil, that stuff that ends up looking like this is considered by some to be, i don't dare say it liquid -- every night, someone is out stealing this used cooking oil? >> yes. >> in the county?

>> yes. inside the county. outside the county. pretty much all over the state. >> reporter: that's detective andrea sheehan, she does special investigations for the prince georges county police and right now, tracking down grease thieves. happening every night? >> yes. >> every night? >> yes. >> what do you make of something like this? >> well, it's a new commodity. >> reporter: now this is the way it should work. in the business they call it uco, used cooking oil. grease haulers pay restaurants for it. they recycle it and use it for biofuel or animal feed. and everybody's happy. but this is what's going on. in the middle of the night, thieves are coming around, sucking out the used grease, selling it on the down low to recyclers. the grease haulers, they are not getting any money. the restaurants, they are not getting any money. the thieves, they're getting the money. by phone, we talked to one grease hauler who says he has

lost more than $100,000 this year. they asked us not to identify them by name. >> opportunistic people with very low moral integrity and following do anything to survive, i guess. >> reporter: here at lenny's, angela says they have been stealing grease from her for months. >> every month, two and three times like this. keep stealing the oil? >> yes. >> you don't get paid? >> no. they never pay me. >> reporter: these cases are hard to solve, you see, this grease, it doesn't have any serial numbers so it's difficult to tell when it's hot. jim, back to you. >> pat collins with the story us for. pat, thank you. the smithsonian is planning a new exhibit designed to appeal to serious and casual gamers, it is called the art of video games it is going to be opening on march 16th at the american art museum. let's take a trip down memory lane and look at just where games have come.

since 1981, remember this guy the pacman from atari? boy we spent hours with this, we thought this was cool, we navigated this pacman around a maze, trying to avoid those dreaded ghosts. well, suddenly, we had nintendo coming up with our little italian boys. super mario brothers. we had him and lou ween j luigi and mario save princess toadstool. lara kroft, the heroine, really cool. 2006, now you are talking. this is legend of zelda, twilight princess for nintendo wii with the controller and nunchaku, you can get in the video game this is some of the 80 games included in the exhibit and play some of the games at

the museum it is opening march 16th. pretty cool. >> it is pretty cool. next on news4 at 5:00 tonight, the worst of the worst, deadbeat parents. authorities track down the dads they say can afford to pay child support but refuse. and a special honor for a basketball great. he is here in town today and he he is here in town today and he talks to news4 about his role ,? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and backed with a five-day money back guarantee so come find the one for you today, at carmax. way to go, neil.

our wednesday's child this week have a lot of challenges but those who follow his

progress says he has made leaps and bounds. >> the 3-year-old is named dinle and he is a really nice did. barbara harrison takes us to meet him. >>. >> there's darnell. there he is. hi. >> reporter: dinle arrived for his wednesday's child shoot dressed for the chilly weather. recently turned 3-year-old dinle was invited to spend the morning at the be with me children's play seem. ms. elizabeth and ms. rachel showed him around. there were bright costume to us try on this is red, white and blue. what a great room a place filmed with room after room of fantasy fun for little ones. there's grandma and grandpa's place. look at that and look at the farm. dinle wasn't too sure about the rooster. he's little insecure about things unfamiliar but those who know him say --

>> dinle is an amazingly happy, kirpy child, loves to sing, sings everywhere, he loves colors and it. v, he can scoot. >> he is starting to work and using more words, i think with a lot of love and attention, he will reach a nice potential. >> he was ready to ex-peerment with the drum and piano. before he left there were surprises for din toll take with him, including books and puzzles, now he just needs a family to help him grow and

develop all of the wonderful things he will learn to do in his life and who are ready to get a lot of love back from a little boy ready to go home whether with a forever family. barbara harrison, news4, for wednesday's child. >> we remember din. if you have room in your home or heart for dinle or another child waiting for a forever home, please call our special adoption hotline, 1-88-2-adopt me number or our home page at nbcwashington.com. bouncing your way to a healthier lifestyle, folks in air the are jumping into a new fitness craze. what team do the wizards want to be like when they grow up? it is tonight's owe month and we will go live to the verizon

all right, let's get hopping. we have january on our hands now, a tough time accomplishing the fitness goals for the new

year, we have got something that will put a spring in your step. >> kang goo jumps will jump start your fitness routine because people in this class wear springy shoes that put bounce in their step. we asked them what's their workout. >> all right. raise your heart rate. >> i like it because it is not traditional cardio it is dancy. >>. >> you get used to tread mills and ellipticals which are great but this gives you a different type of full body workout. >> it is rebounding, so taking out 80% of the impact and that makes it easier on our joints but the same time it is a bigger cardio workout because we can get the heart rates up higher. >> reminds me the first time i put on inline skates or as a kid, putting on roller skates. a very secure feel around your leg, you feel like you're going to fall, once you get your balance, not going to fall is like riding a bike, you just keep moving and you start getting into the rhythm. >> people look at the boots and they think, oh, i'm gonna need

to learn a new activity, i'm gonna fall they look scary, they really just make a caution when they come down and very stable. >> the gym is a playground for me and fun to find new ways to play things and unlike anything else. >> it was a lot of fun, when you start adding in the rep ticks and the surprise and adding a weight bar to it trying to keep your balance and doing the cardio, it was a little bit tougher than i expected. >> it makes you tighter around really makes your whole body tighter and you will burn so many cal tris is a great fat burner, lower your body fat, at the same time, you work your core so you're really going to see your abs come out and nice definition in your legs. >> me being a mother of three, i carry all my weight in my bottom half, it has trimmed down since it started. >> try it and give your safe couple classes and just going to love it. >> kang goo jumps are offered a vida fitness on thursdays and

sundays on u street. go to search kangoo. >> it is cool. >> i want to do it now. >> a spring in your step. one way to keep warm, veronica. >> nonstop calorie burning. another way i burn calories is by shivering when it is cold. i just can't stop moving it is going to be plenty cold tonight. the readings, currently 30 in gaithersburg, maryland, acash ya and benny, we have got thundershowers see the temperatures drop. hydesville, prince georges county, 35, berken, an nan dale, 33. head down to 31 by midnight. into the upper 20s, midand upper 20s by 5 and 7 a.m. tomorrow morning t is going to be plenty cold, making this the sixth coldest morning that we have had. 45 to 46, your high for tomorrow, start with lots of sunshine, lots of clouds moving in, watch what happens, clouds, flurries, late tomorrow to the

north of us, frederick, winchester, gaithersburg, you could see a few flurries this time tomorrow. >> thanks, veronica. the nba's all-time scoring leader has a new gig with the u.s. state department. >> kareem abdul jab bar is a cultural ambassador to for the united states, he will travel to world to help promote diplomas i is part of secretary of state hillary clinton start power initiative, calls on young people to bridge the world's difference. the basketball legend stopped by our studios today and said he is excited about the opportunity, still figuring out what the job len tail. >> still finding it out. it is very new but should be a good fit i feel good what they are asking know do and i hope to do a good job. >> abdul-jabbar will travel to brazil january 22nd for an event is entering on education. >> needs some of those kang goo shoes, a couple pairs. >> like 7-2.

>> looked like we interviewed him in the basement. >> geez, louise. you knows he is 64 years old. >> incredible. looks amazing. >> 64 is not old. >> i didn't say it was old, i just said he was 64. >> i know. i know. >> geez, some people self-conscious or what? >> no. no. no. >> can we move on? >> yes. >> wizards perhaps. >> we are going to stay positive with the wizards, every game is a chance to win what flip saunders ha has to be telling his guys tonight, something, anything to stay positive as they are in the midst of their nightmare san. the wizards are the nba's worst team at 1-12. all they have to do to get win number two is beat the team with the best record in the nba. down at verizon sent we are a man who will have to get red hot for the wizards to win tonight. >> hello, dan, david versus gol lie yath matchup if you will, here with nick young, shooting guard for the wizards. oklahoma city riding seven-game

winning streak what makes you think you can knock them off tonight? >> as you said, david versus goliath. we have to go in there with the mind set we can compete with them. put this record behind us, even though it is tough. >> is this team feeling miserable, how do you feel? >> at time, tough to even wake up and come -- come to the arena. you got to find something to say positive and edge game could be something different, something could change. urge kevin durant average1 points per game, seven games against the wizards, plays awesome. how do you contain a guy like that, if at all? >> he is tough, a great scorer, plus coming back home. got to put a hand in his face as much as you can and let other people beat us on the team. >> the other night, against the houston roekts, your teammate,

mcgoal, a took a lot of criticism and a lot of criticism well warranted, throwing the ball up against the backboard and dunking it. why would you defend a move like that? i know he wanted to get things going but when you look at it, what was going on, what makes you want to defend that move? >> you know, at the time, i didn't know what was going on. you can see where coach is coming from. we won one game out of 12 and you can't do things like that. i'm going to stick behind my teammate and i understand what coach is going with -- going through. >> you're playing pretty well. you're one of the team leaders. when you come out here every night, what is your approach trying to lead this young team and what you're doing at 1-12? do you look for the positives?

how difficult is that now? >> it ask very hais very hard. i'm tired of being on the losing side u i have been on every losing record with the wizards, you no? he something got to give. my way of trying to stay positive, just keep working hard. >> one thing we can try stay positive, you tell me you have become a better driver behind the wheel. i think dan has a question for but that incident last year, right? >> everything is good now. >> you know, what's funny about that nick, i don't know what people must have thought in the locker room when you literally handed me an nfl full of money. i thought you were going to cut me a check or something. >> no straight cash. i got that from randy moss. >> here is the incident here. >> nick, have you -- have you got an backup camera in your car? >> oh, yes, yes, i do now. i do now. you know, i say i was a little nervous, man. all the cameras was on me, man.

>> i don't think you get nervous with the cameras but we do appreciate you letting us come out, a good time, hopefully, nick, with he can see you smile a little bit more this sea sechblt thanks for joining us, buddy. >> appreciate t. >> dan? >> that is hakem down there at the verizon center. nick young. i wish they had more to smile about than a couple of car crashes this season, so far this season a train wreck, nowhere to go but up. >> true. very true. find out what is in the works for news4 at 6:00. doreen joins wuss a preview. >> tonight at 6:00, the cruise ship disaster in italy is raising questions for many of you about your safety on vacation. we will tell you the three things you need to look for before you book your next cruise. and a condition that has baffled health officials, 12 students from the same high school sick with a mysterious malady. tonight, doctors think they know what's responsible. and there is backlash tonight over a plan to make d.c.'s chinatown look a little more like a smaller version of new york's times square.

the reason why tonight on news4 at 6:00. see you then. >> all right. >> the lights going, if you squint, you could see it. >> trying to drive through it, you feel like you're in times square. >> just cross the street. >> true. after the break, tracking down deadbeat parents who owe millions in child support. nbc rid

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finally, deadbeat parents, those refuse to pay child support they owe are in the cross hairs of the federal government. tom costello reports from arlington on a new effort to track them down. >> reporter: 7 a.m. in arlington, virginia. [ knocking ] sheriff's office. >> reporter: with a stack of warrants, sheriff deputies are hunting for deadbeat parents. it is a weekly even daily game of cat and mouse where dads and moms who are behind in child support by hundreds, thousands, even tense of thousands of dollars have become very good at slipping away, but because it is a civil warrant, if a parent moves across state lines, local police can't go after them but if they owe more that $5,000 across state lines, it becomes a felony that's where the feds get involved. gerald voy the hhs deputy

inspector jeep. >> you were talking will a willful intent to avoid paying for your children, for their livelihood, for providing the basics that they so deserve. >> reporter: now, federal investigators are naming names with a new website aged at tracking down the most egregious case. at the top of the list, robert sand, who owes more than $1 million in child support. where do you believe mr. sand is right now? >> we believe robert is hiding out in thailand. >> reporter: some of the biggest cases involve pro-athlete, including former nba player tyrone nesby, who pleaded guilty to failure to pay child support sand now paying nearly $1 million. >> you don't ride a bike with flip flops. >> reporter: des moines, arlene shepherd and her seven kids are on their own. glenn shepherd has been on the run since 2003. he owes more than $160,000 in child support while arlene and the kids get by on minimum wage. >> i would hope he could look at them and apologize. >> reporter: since 2006, the

feds have found more than 500 deadbeat parents recovering more than $33 million in child support. in this county alone, northern virginia, they have 175 outstanding child support warrants, some of them dating back to 1997. >> whether you can't stand your ex, you should care about the children that you brought into this world and make sure they are protected and they are okay. >> that was tom cost toll low reporting that does it for news4 at 5:00. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. disaster at sea. tonight, the search to find more victims is called off as the captain of a crippled cruise ship in italy offers a new excuse for his early exit. an 84-year-old woman robbed of her life savings and how her good deed backfired.